New breath controller help paralyzed patients "move up"

According to the United Kingdom the "daily mail" reported 27 Weizmann Institute of science, Israel's neural biologists GNOME · saubert, who developed a new type of "breath controller" perceives its wearer the pressure changes in the nasal cavity and convert it into electronic signals.

This device is connected to a specific software, you can move through the breathing of the cursor on a computer screen, resulting in paralysis for wheelchair control, text writing, surf the Web and the ability to control, such as computer games, especially suitable for suffering from locked-in syndrome.

New controller similar to transport oxygen of nasal tube, a connection to the other end of the nasal cavity, in connection with small pressure sensor.

Saubert, the controller is mainly based on the nose breath, breathing Basic consists of the brain with the soft palate is connected directly to the control. Usually people in serious injuries, some brain function and soft palate may better saved, so you can breathe through the nasal cavity and external interaction occurred.

Relative to total paralysis patient usage of Flash, and other means of communication, use breathing to control of machinery or communication with the outside world in a simple, easy to learn more, and more can be large atresia syndrome of the Gospel.

Typically, the symptoms of the patients is not speech, swallowing, activities, but consciousness conscious, and through the eyes of the closed eye or eye and activities with establish contact.

At present, scientists already in three suffer from atresia syndrome patients tested the device.

A female patient was 7 months cannot act, speak, but through this technology and the children had a deep communication. After a 19-day up to 20 minutes of respiratory control practice, she has been able to write a message to his family, and this is her only express their own thoughts.

Another car accident while suffering from atresia syndrome 18 year men, can only rely on blink communications with the outside world, but in contact with this device for 20 minutes, only by control respiratory wrote out his name.

3 weeks, it has been used 36 seconds to 50 seconds of time writing the next letter.

Researchers also a paralyzed man 6 years tested only at 15 minutes of exercise, you implement a control for electric wheelchair.

While the other dozen testers can use this device to surf, and even computer games, demonstrate and use the mouse or joystick-like speed and accuracy.

But some experts expressed their doubts, Germany Tübingen's Niels · Bo Po Mo worry and suffer from serious atresia syndrome patients may be unable to use this "breath controller," because these patients on their muscles do not have enough control.

In response to this the saubert, said that the current equipment is still in the research phase, you need a series of experiments to verify the operation of new equipment. At the same time, the cost of this device is very low and is expected in the surgery and flight played in driving the secondary effect of manipulative.